Agenda, background materials, and other details for the Workshop for the FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program supported by the Internet2 Health Network Initiative.
Internet2 Health Network Initiative Workshop
This is a full-day meeting to bring together Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP) participants, and organizations that intend to participate in connecting the participants to the Internet2 Network. This first all-day meeting will focus on the needs and opportunities that are presented by the FCC's recently announced Rural Health Care Pilot Program awards.
Date and Location
24 April 2008 |
Crystal Gateway Marriott |
Materials
- Workshop Roster (I2HNI:PDF) (as of 16 April 2008)
- Workshop Sponsors
- RHCPP Summaries:
- "How-to" guide for I2-HNI
- I2-HNI FAQ(See also the online FAQ)
- I2-HNI Benefits(See also the online Benefits)
- Analysis of RHCPP Participants
- Internet2 Membership List
- Internet2 Network Map
- Article: "Telehealth boon for Ohio babies", Healthcare IT News, March 2008
Agenda
8:00: Breakfast
8:30: Introduction and Review of Meeting Purpose
Larry Flournoy, Associate Director of the Academy
Texas A&M University
Phil Halstead, CEO
Florida LambdaRail
8:35: Review and Analysis of successful FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Proposals
Steve Wallace, Internet2 (Bio, Presentation I2HNI:PDF)
9:05: FCC Presentation
Thomas Buckley, Senior Deputy Chief (Bio, Presentation)
Federal Communications Commission
An overview of the vision, expectations and outcomes from the perspective of the FCC. This will include the relationship to the Health and Human Services Nationwide Health Information Network and the Center for Disease Control public health activities.
9:35: Nationwide Health Information Network
Charles Friedman, PhD (Bio, Presentation I2HNI:PDF 13MB)
Deputy Director
HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
An overview of the vision and expectations of the Nationwide Health Information Network. The current state and expectations for the future.
10:05: Break
10:25: Veteran's Administration
Steve Pirzchalski (Bio, Presentation I2HNI:PDF 15Mb)
Veteran's Administration
An overview of the role of the Veteran's Administration in providing broader access to health including their use of telemedicine and the desire to get closer to their patients including in their homes.
10:55: National Institutes of Health - National Library of Medicine
Michael Ackerman, PhD (Bio, Presentation I2HNI:PDF)
High Performance Computing and Communications
National Library of Medicine
A historical view of their support of telemedicine, the current state of the art and expectations for the future.
11:25: Demonstration of the Nationwide Children's Hospital Neonatal Telemedicine project
Rachel Brown, MD (Bio, Presentation)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Steven Welty, MD (Bio, Presentation)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Discussion of the technologies
- Discussion of the operation
- Discussion of monetary and outcomes benefits
12:00: Working Lunch - Discussion groups organized by geography
Discussion to be focused and oriented toward how the activities and goals within a geographic area are consistent or not with the goals outlined by the federal agencies. Challenges and topics for an action plan
1:30: Interviews of Regional Groups
Larry Flournoy
Phil Halstead
Gallery of Easels from break out groups
Goals and Plans of the RHCP Participants - A description from a couple of participants that highlight their goals and expectation Fit with the visions identified by the Federal presentations
2:00: HHS Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Dena Puskin, ScD. Director (Bio, Presentation)
HHS Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Telehealth Challenges and Opportunities
2:20: Break
2:35: Action Plan Development
Larry Flournoy
Phil Halstead
- A facilitated discussion to develop items that must and / or should be contained in an action plan.
- Process for the creation of the action plan
- Working group identification and membership
3:30: Adjourn